DAVE CALLISTER

There are not many people in this world that can boast that they are the only boy in a family with 12 children.  Our next speaker has spent his life beating the odds, building businesses from scratch and blessing those around him with his gifts, talents, wealth and testimony.

Brother Dave Callister grew up in Boise Idaho, the only son of Judge Marion J. Callister.  It was a celebration in the whole community when after 8 daughters, the local federal judge finally had a son.  Three more sisters followed making the family an even dozen.  Dave graduated from Borah High School, served a church mission in Boston Massachusetts, and attended college at BYU in Provo, Utah.  It was during his college years that he started his first business—5 buck pizza.  He is a local businessman who has developed land, built subdivisions, and owned numerous businesses—Big River construction, Hard Rock Excavation and most recently Roma Designs Jewelry. He enjoys a good risk, especially when it follows with a big reward.  Dave’s love for the outdoors has also been shared with the young men he has worked with over the last 3 decades.  He has blessed many with his testimony of christ through both the youth program at church and the Boy Scout program in the community. He and his wife Becky are the parents of four incredible kids.